Blessings Mashaya and Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITERS THE government has barred interim MDC leader Thokozani Khupe from holding the party’s planned extra-ordinary congress slated for July 31 — until the coronavirus pandemic is under control in the country, the Daily News reports. The decision by authorities to stop the party from going ahead…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw MYSTERY surrounds the fate of graft-accused Health minister Obadiah Moyo, pictured, who was recently arrested in connection with the supply of US$60 million coronavirus materials. This comes as the Daily News has confirmed with well-placed sources that Moyo, 66, has not been attending Cabinet since his arrest two weeks…
Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw INDEPENDENT Norton legislator Temba Mliswa has dragged Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda to court challenging a decision to suspend him for six sittings on allegations of disorderly conduct. The MP was suspended by Mudenda almost a fortnight ago. Mliswa, in the urgent chamber application, seeks to have the decision set…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw THE government has admitted that the fuel crisis in the country will persist as it is facing challenges in getting enough foreign currency to purchase the product. This comes as most fuel stations across the country have run dry, with the exception of those that sell the commodity in…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE Chinese embassy in Zimbabwe yesterday availed US$2 million to fund the post-Cyclone Idai recovery project in efforts to rebuild homes and public infrastructure that was destroyed when disaster struck in Manicaland Province in March last year. This comes as over 224 families are living in shelters while 346…
Blessings Mashaya and Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITERS HEALTH experts are concerned about the continued relaxation of the national coronavirus lockdown, at a time that cases of local transmissions are soaring, the Daily News reports. This comes as the government has allowed restaurants to start serving patrons within their premises, while also allowing gyms to…
A STORM is brewing in Zanu PF over the ruling party’s newly-launched war veterans’ wing — pitting many former freedom fighters against their national spokesperson Douglas Mahiya, the Daily News reports. This comes as there are widening fissures in the former liberation movement, which was split in the middle during the last years in…
FINANCE and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube has blamed the current economic crisis on the black market and speculators as he insisted that his policies are working. This comes at a time when the economy is tanking, characterised by galloping inflation that has seen prices of goods and services skyrocketing beyond the reach of…
MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe and his MDC Alliance rival Nelson Chamisa have opened a new battlefront in their war for the control of the opposition party following their appointment of different set of chief whips in Parliament, the Daily News reports. Since the death of its much-loved founding leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, in February 2018,…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw AS THE MDC’s mindless wars worsen, interim party leader Thokozani Khupe threw the kitchen sink at her rival Nelson Chamisa yesterday — recalling nine senators from Parliament and barring more than 1 000 party members from attending this month’s extra-ordinary congress. Concerned party officials who spoke to the Daily…
